Full reference: W. Krzemiński. 2019. Superfamily Tipuloidea, Scatopsoidea, Anisopodoidea, in True flies (Insecta: Diptera) from the late Eocene insect limestone (Bembridge Marls) of the Isle of Wight, England, UK. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 110:495-554
Belongs to Leptotarsus (Longurio) according to W. Krzemiński 2019
Sister taxa: Leptotarsus (Longurio) burmica, Leptotarsus (Longurio) primitivus, Leptotarsus (Longurio) wegiereki
Type specimen: NHMUK In.25379, a wing. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Hooley coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Bembridge Marls (Hooley coll)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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